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Dec. 3, 1929. 5, s SCOTLAND llfigy j CARTON Filed March 1928 l I "I:

INVEN'IOR.

A TTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT arts BAYARD S. SCOTLAND, OF JULIET, ILLINOIS CARTONApplication filed March 3, 1928. Serial No. 258,724.

The present invention relates to cartons, or paper board boxes in whichfood or other commodities may be packed, shipped and offered for sale,and has special reference to such boxes as are manufactured in such formthat they may be packed in knock-down shape for shipment from the paperbox factory to the factory where the goods are to be packed therein.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a blank ofsuitable shape for folding into a box-like shape to form such a cartonor paper box.

Another object is to provide such a blank, which when folded asindicated shall not only form such a carton or paper box, but shall formsuch a carton with a partition midway thereof.

Another object is to provide a carton or paper box of the classdescribed which will be generally twice the size of the boxes now ingeneral use, with a partition midway, for the purpose of taking theplace of two regular size cartons.

Another object is to provide such a carton which will provide cartonfacilities for the amount of goods at half or nearly half the presentcost of such packing.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will more particularlyappear from the specification following, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings one illustration of my said invention, in whichlike numerals of reference refer to the same part throughout the variousviews, and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan View of the blank cut from paper board or the likematerial, and creased for convenience in folding to form the box asshown in Figure 2 and 3.

Figure 2 is a top View of the carton as assembled, with the top open topermit filling thereof before sealing.

Figure 3 is a side elevation showing a carton filled and sealed readyfor shipment and sale.

Under the present practice in many of the homes, especially in thelarger cities of America, a major proportion of the food and many othergoods are purchased in small quantities, and put up in sealed packages,

either of paper or tin. As many of the families are small, it requiresbut a small quantity to supply enough for any one meal. and usually thesurplus is thrown away, or spoils before it is required for use, causinga loss without any advantage. For this reason, it has become thepractice to pack many of the foods in small packages, that thehouseholder may purchase only the amount actually required, thus savingthe loss of the surplus so frequently thrown away. While this makes asaving in waste, yet, on the other hand, it costs nearly or quite asmuch to manufacture and sell a small carton or box as a larger one twicethe size, and as a consequence, it is nec- 05 essary to charge more thanone-half the cost of the larger package when the smaller one ispurchased.

To obviate this added expense in carton, packing, handling, etc., I haveinvented the carton shown herein which easily provides capacity fordouble the amount of food contained in the smaller packages now in use,and with actually the same convenience in use, for the package may bereadily opened and one half used, retaining the other half in theremaining portion of the carton fully packed to await the laterrequirement of the purchaser. As this larger carton can be packed andhandled in shipment and sale about as readily as one of the smaller onesformerly in general use, it will be apparent that the use of my improvedcarton will reduce the cost of carton, packing, and handling aboutone-half that of the former ones, and that double the quantity of foodmay be packed and sold therein for much less than twc:1 packages can nowbe packed, handled and sol To accomplish this purpose, I have provided ablank shown in Figure 1 out from suitable paper board, or other similarmaterial, with the outline as shown, and with cuts and creases forfolding as shown. After the blank has been properly cut and creased, itis readily folded into the shape shown in Figure 2, in which 1, 2, 3 and4 form the four sides of the finished carton, the edge 5 being securelycemented to the part 6 adjacent the edge 7. The flaps 8, 8, S, 8 and 9,9, 9, 9 are adapted to be folded inwardly upon one another to close therespective top and bottom of the carton, and when cemented togethersecurely close said carton as shown in Figure 3. At 10 I have provided asection of the full height and width of the side 2, at the outer edge ofwhich there is a section de- 'fined off by the crease 12 which sectionis of half the width of the side 1. Half way of the elevation of thissection 11 it is cut crossways to the depth of the crease 12 as shown,forming two halves, one of which is intended for turning to the right,and the other to the left, their outer edges reaching'tothe corners ofthe carton between 1 and 2, and between 1 and 4, and may be cemented tothe side 1 to seal and hold the middle partition securely in position,or when this is not essential, they may be merely used as a means forgenerally supporting said middle partition in position midway of'the'carton as shown in Figure 2.

On the outer side of the carton, as at 1 and 3 I have preferably made avertical indication as 13 to indicate where the package is divided, inorder that the purchaser may be guided thereby in opening the package.

W'ith this method of construction, it will be apparent that a packagemay be made double size, having a middle partition as shown, with atotal added cost of only the small amount of additional materialrequired to form the partition and the turned over extremities thereof,instead of requiring enough material for another six sided carton, andall the expense of cutting, folding,

together with the waste in cutting the material each time. As the largercarton can be handled about as readily as the smaller one, the cost ofhandling and selling will thus be about half that of two smallerpackages containing together an equal amount of merchandise. With thisconstruction, it the purchaser desires to use the food packed in onehalfof the carton, he may open merely one side, using that containedtherein, leaving the other half unmolested and fully packed for futureuse. It will also be seen that by this construction the food remainingin the carton is fully protected against dust, handling, and otherdeleterious contacts, much better than would be possible with a cartonof the same actual size in which half of the food had been removed, andthe remaining portion were left to stand in the opened carton untilrequired again. For packing the car- 7 tons for transmission from thepaper box manufacturer to the food packing company, the cartons may beleft in the assembled shape shown in Figure 2, and by flattening themout sideways, they may be closely packed in this collapsible shape andtake up very little space in shipment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is the followin viz An integral blank of foldablematerial for forming a carton comprising a body portion panel to form apar- Ill)

